Parish Council Seeks Nominations
I’m proud to serve as the Parish Council Vice-Chair for St. Thomas of Villanova Parish. It’s a rewarding experience that allows me to both share my gifts, but also be enriched by the gifts of others within the parish.
The Parish Council serves as a consultative body in the parish designed to advise the Pastor as appropriate and to foster participation of parishioners in the life and activity of the parish community. Meetings are held once a month from September through June.
Yearly, the Parish Council requests nominations for new members of our Councils. We seek to reflect the parish community and the diversity within the parish. We are looking to our parish members to assist during the open call
of nominations. Please consider nominating yourself or someone else in the parish that would be open and willing to accept this opportunity to serve.
Nominations can be sent to me, the Parish Council Vice-Chair, at Christine.quisenberry@villanova.edu or to Fr. Joe at pastor@stvparish.org. The Open Call for nominations will be open until the end of February.
I’m proud to serve as the Parish Council Vice-Chair for St. Thomas of Villanova Parish. It’s a rewarding experience that allows me to both share my gifts, but also be enriched by the gifts of others within the parish.
The Parish Council serves as a consultative body in the parish designed to advise the Pastor as appropriate and to foster participation of parishioners in the life and activity of the parish community. Meetings are held once a month from September through June.
Yearly, the Parish Council requests nominations for new members of our Councils. We seek to reflect the parish community and the diversity within the parish. We are looking to our parish members to assist during the open call
of nominations. Please consider nominating yourself or someone else in the parish that would be open and willing to accept this opportunity to serve.
Nominations can be sent to me, the Parish Council Vice-Chair, at Christine.quisenberry@villanova.edu or to Fr. Joe at pastor@stvparish.org. The Open Call for nominations will be open until the end of February.
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL 2021
The increased participation of the laity in the life of a parish community has been strongly encouraged by the Vatican Council II. As a result more individuals are taking roles in the liturgical celebrations as pastoral musicians, lectors, extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist, and greeters; volunteers are the backbone of religious education programs; and many other committees such as worship, social concerns, peace and justice etc. have been established in parishes. An alive-parish is one in which parishioners see the fulfillment of their baptismal commitment as they volunteer in varied ways and live lives as good stewards.
The Church’s Code of Canon Law also mandates the mission of the People of God by providing structures for collaboration on the parish level. The Code calls for a Finance Council as well as a Parish Pastoral Council. It is the latter that is our concern here.
“…A pastoral council is to be established in each parish; the pastor presides over it, and through it the Christian faithful along with those who share in the pastoral care of the parish in virtue of their office give their help in fostering pastoral activity. The pastoral council possesses a consultative vote only and is governed by norms determined by the diocesan bishop.” Code of Canon Law, 536
Members of the Pastoral Council 2021:
Fr. Joseph Genito, Fr. Michael Hughes, Fr. Bill Gabriel, Deacon Donald DiCarlo, Mrs. Chrissy Quisenberry (Chair)
Mrs. Mimi Null (Secretary), Mrs. Beth Vollmer, Mr. Gregory DiCocco, Mr. John Cellucci, Mr. Michael Murphy, Mrs. Mary Anne Bibby , Mrs. Kathy Byrnes, Mr. Joseph Manion, Mr. Jay Einspanier, Dr. Doug Kent , Mrs. Jessica Schwartz
St. Thomas of Villanova Parish Office | 1229 E. Lancaster Ave | Rosemont, PA 19010 | Phone: 610.525.4801 | Fax: 610.525.6041